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Old 10-19-2006, 01:22 PM   #17
barefoot serpent
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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Originally Posted by Buddug
How terribly amusing to read about your American forays into Europe . You will never understand . Henry James is the only American who understood Europe .

Your families sacrificed their culture for the idea of freedom . Freedom is a terribly noble word , but what your families really wanted was MONEY . Nothing wrong with that of course . But that heritage means that you have lost Art . And you have no culture of your own in strictu sensu .
Hey, they have like a 1000 year head start... give us a chance to catch up! Now that we have some money, we can buy us some culture.
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